2) King Zlatan takes side in Ronaldo v Ronaldo debate

Might as well stick with the Cristiano Ronaldo topic with comments from King Zlatan through ESPN Brazil that Ronaldo The First was the more natural talent out of the two, saying that the Real Madrid man was born out of hard work and training, as opposed to innate genius. “Ronaldo was natural, he was born to be what he was. It was not something he trained to become. This type of player is not made, he is born. He is unique.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says the original Ronaldo was a "natural" but with namesake Cristiano it all comes from hard work pic.twitter.com/KDNQ6V3ny6

3) Hull City kicks off yet another EPL round

Well, God Rest Those Merry Gentlemen in England with another batch of games on Friday to make sure Her Majesty’s subjects do not have to go 24-hours without some ball-kicking action. Round 19 of the Premier League screeches into gear with the very struggling Hull City hosting the very ‘meh’ Everton. Hull are currently bottom-of-the-table with just the single league victory since the end of August. “I don’t see any signs of heads dropping,” roared Tigers boss, Mike Phelan, after three consecutive defeats for Hull.

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